Hi Jeremey You don't mention what laptop you're using, but I've been using SuSE 9.0 for a month or so on an HP ze4400 with no problems. When it first came up, it was in 800x600 mode but I went into YAST2 and selected a 1024x768 TFT 70 Hz monitor and all went well. I'd suggest the same approach for you. Log in as root in failsafe mode and run sax2 and select a different monitor. The one I'm using is LCD:1024x769@70 Hz. So far, I'm very happy with SuSE 9.0. One of my other machines is at SuSE 8.0 and another at 8.2 and the move was more than worthwhile for me. I'm eventually going to get the other machins on 9.0 too. Steve S. On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Wise, Jeremey wrote: > Hello to all on the X86 group. Thanks for you product. Learning Linux and X > a little better every day. Been using RH 7.3 for quite some time but wanted > to update my laptop. Below is the email I submitted to the local LUGs I > participate in and tried a few suggestions to no avail. Suggestion was to > post a question to you guys:>) Hope this is what you need. Any suggestions > appreciated. > > PS:I did peruse the XFree86.org site to see if anyone else had a similar > issue. SAX2 does not seem to have any ability to 'adjust' the screen (though > If my understanding of TFT serves this would be expected). > > ************** > I decided to give SuSE 9 a try. > > Install: Went rather well considering it was a network install. The > interface was ok. Had to do install over internet as I wanted to try it > before making any monetary investments in media. First issue was that you > have to record your source server(s) and directory path for the installation > location. (Oh, and not just the names but the IP as name resolution does not > function outside of manual intervention.) You also had to manually tell it > to detect and enable the NIC, quite important for a network install. > > After a rough start, which I chalked up to that who German 'way of doing > things', I walked through the post install mini configuration. Was seemingly > simple; prompted me to enable all pertinent devices, even go my sound card > and win-modem. > > First boot: Boot time was a tad slow but not completely unusual. Apparently > it does some kind of automatic logon of the user account you create. (don't > remember it asking me to turn that on). The real problem was that the screen > was split 3/4 of the way down and then "wrapped back onto itself". Kind of > hard to explain but it was like the 'bottom' of the screen was about 2inches > too high and then instead of truncating it (or where you have to 'pan' the > mouse up to see the rest) it just wrapped the missing top 2inches of the > monitor down onto the bottom. I ran the configurator and tried different > video monitors, cards, etc to no avail. Tried to find a 'bugzilla' for SuSE > but that does not seem to exist. Ended up emailing support@xxxxxxxx and go a > response back telling me to respond with the support number off my copy of > SuSE. (though the email did point to a site that had some archived help > fixes that I checked out.... nothing about this kind of issue sience 2.2v > kernel stuff). The situation would have been workable if not for the last > feature that Konquer's functionality as a web browser is abysmal and my > selection of Mozilla as an 'additional' option to be installed ended up with > a plethora of missing configuration files. This meant I had to reboot into > windows to look for and try fixes. > > I believe it is a XF86Config file issue. So long as the TFT is disabled the > system boots fine with a regular monitor. I copied the configuration file > from a Knoppix 3.3 (which works great) and after cleaning up some font > references X started but had the same issue.(I also did the same for a > Fedora XF86Config file which was the exact same 4.3.0 version). > > After googling around for a while I have just about given up on SuSE. Sad, > considering that most big OEMs are hopping in bed with them as fast as they > can as one of the last 'corporate' distros. > > XF86Config file:(this is a Fedora version +mod to Font section) > ************************ > # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config > > Section "Server Layout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest" > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS0" > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS1" > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS2" > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS3" > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS4" > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS5" > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS6" > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS7" > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS8" > InputDevices "/dev/psaux" > InputDevices "/dev/logibm" > InputDevices "/dev/sunmouse" > InputDevices "/dev/atibm" > InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse" > InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse" > InputDevices "/dev/inportbm" > InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata" > InputDevices "/dev/mouse" > InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse" > InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse" > InputDevices "/dev/input/mice" > InputDevices "/dev/input/event0" > InputDevices "/dev/pointer0" > InputDevices "/dev/pointer1" > InputDevices "/dev/pointer2" > InputDevices "/dev/pointer3" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "extmod" > Load "fbdevhw" > Load "glx" > Load "record" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > Load "dri" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) > # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" > > # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. > # Option "XkbDisable" > > # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the > # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. > # keyboard, you will probably want to use: > # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" > # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: > # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" > # > # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. > # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > # or: > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > # > # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and > # control keys, use: > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" > # Or if you just want both to be control, use: > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" > # > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then > # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you > # also use USB mice at the same time. > Identifier "DevInputMice" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "0" > HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5 > VertRefresh 40.0 - 70.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "ati" > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > BoardName "ATI Mach64" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Group 0 > Mode 0666 > EndSection > ******************************* > > Jeremey Wise > Systems Consultant(CNE,MCSE,CSE) > Agilysys, Inc. > Jeremey.Wise@xxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > wplug mailing list > wplug@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
